PEACH Aviation, Japan’s first dedicated low-cost carrier (LCC), will start operations on March 1, 2012.
Co-owned by All Nippon Airways, Hong Kong-based First Eastern Investment Group, and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (TTG Asia e-Daily, February 10), the LCC will offer four daily flights from Osaka-Kansai Airport to Sapporo, and three daily flights from Osaka-Kansai to Fukuoka.
Pending approval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Peach has not yet released information about its fares.
The carrier is expecting to grow its fleet of Airbus A320s to 10-strong, and operate the aircraft on domestic as well as regional routes.
Peach Aviation is one of two LCCs that ANA is establishing, the other being AirAsia Japan (TTG Asia e-Daily, July 21).
